Tchéky Karyo

1953-

Biography: life and films

Tchéky Karyo is a French actor whose birth name is Baruh Djaki Karyo. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 4th October 1953.

His best films as an actor include Eric Rohmer's Les Nuits de la pleine lune (1984), Jean-Jacques Annaud's L'Ours (1988), Griffin Dunne's comedy Addicted to Love (1997), Jerry Rees's CinéMagique (2002) and Jérôme Le Gris's thriller Requiem pour une tueuse (2011).

Tchéky Karyo has so far appeared in 86 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean-Michel Roux (2 films), Jan Kounen (2), Bob Swaim (2) and Arthur Joffé (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (43 films), Thriller (23), comedy (11), crime-thriller (10), comedy-drama (9), Fantasy (7), history (5), romance (4), War (3), comedy-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2), Horror (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Tchéky Karyo over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor

La Balance (1982) [a]

Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982) [a]

Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! (1982) [a]

La Java des ombres (1983) [a]

Le Marginal (1983) [a]

L'Air du crime (1984) [a]

Le Matelot 512 (1984) [a]

Les Nuits de la pleine lune (1984) [a]

Mode in France (1984) [a]

Contes clandestins (1985) [a]

Grottenolm (1985) [a]

L'Amour braque (1985) [a]

Bleu comme l'enfer (1986) [a]

États d'âme (1986) [a]

L'Unique (1986) [a]

Le Moine et la sorcière (1987) [a]

Spirale (1987) [a]

L'Ours (1988) [a]

Australia (1989) [a]

Corps perdus (1990) [a]

La Fille des collines (1990) [a]

Nikita (1990) [a]

Vincent et moi (1990) [a]

A Grande Arte (1991) [a]

Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) [a]

La Villa del venerdì (1991) [a]

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) [a]

L'Affût (1992) [a]

L'Atlantide (1992) [a]

Innocent Obsession (1994) [a]

L'Ange noir (1994) [a]

La Cité de la peur (1994) [a]

Nostradamus (1994) [a]

Bad Boys (1995) [a]

Colpo di luna (1995) [a]

Crying Freeman (1995) [a]

GoldenEye (1995) [a]

Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) [a]

Zadoc et le bonheur (1995) [a]

Albergo Roma (1996) [a]

To Have and to Hold (1996) [a]

Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996) [a]

Addicted to Love (1997) [a]

Dobermann (1997) [a]

Habitat (1997) [a]

Les Mille merveilles de l'univers (1997) [a]

Passaggio per il paradiso (1998) [a]

Que la lumière soit (1998) [a]

Babel (1999) [a]

Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999) [a]

My Life So Far (1999) [a]

Wing Commander (1999) [a]

Le Roi danse (2000) [a]

Saving Grace (2000) [a]

The Patriot (2000) [a]

Kiss of the Dragon (2001) [a]

The Good Thief (2002) [a]

The Core (2003) [a]

Utopia (2003) [a]

Blueberry (2004) [a]

Ne quittez pas! (2004) [a]

Taking Lives (2004) [a]

Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) [a]

D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005) [a]

The Gravedancers (2006) [a]

Boxes (2007) [a]

Jacquou le croquant (2007) [a]

La Masseria delle allodole (2007) [a]

A Previous Engagement (2008) [a]

Les Dents de la nuit (2008) [a]

Un homme et son chien (2009) [a]

Änglavakt (2010) [a]

The Way (2010) [a]

Coup d'éclat (2011) [a]

Forces spéciales (2011) [a]

Les Lyonnais (2011) [a]

Requiem pour une tueuse (2011) [a]

L'Étoile du jour (2012) [a]

L'Étoile du jour (2012) [a]

Belle et Sébastien (2013) [a]

Des morceaux de moi (2013) [a]

Jappeloup (2013) [a]

Les Brigands (2013) [a]

De guerre lasse (2014) [a]

Belle et Sébastien, l'aventure continue (2015) [a]

La Résistance de l'air (2015) [a]

L'Indomptée (2016) [a]



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